my understanding of The Gouster is that it was compiled using versions of the tracks already released, whereas the actual Gouster used different versions of the tracks in question. This would fit in with the […]

IMO the 7″ version of Temptation by New Order is vastly superior to the 12″

I’d reckon about an hour tops.

Nice comments from the dog I thought.

The song, Foreign Affair by Tom Waits, contains (not only, obvs) the following words:
subsequently, transient, perspective, itinerary, fathomed, vagabonds, knowed, relentless, quest, apprehending, contradiction, […]

Have you got the Jon Brion album ‘ Meaningless’? He was in the ‘fish orbit, as well as appearing on/producing a host of other artists’ records (Aimee Mann, Fiona Apple etc).

The split also meant you didn’t get the ‘cross pollination’ between the two nominal teams.

surely clever clever is better than stupid stupid?

Prefab Sprout. Tons of b-sides, and even at least one a-side have never been reissued. Add to that the legendary number of projects which Paddy has started & never released then I think a boxed set the size of a […]

I think someone once described Vienna as being a well lit empty room.

Yeah, Joe’s record is not very good, but it annoys ‘serious’ music fans that it stopped Vienna from being No1. Worth it for that alone.

Just heard this, very sad news. The first album is a favourite, and Dirty Boy, from Sing to God, is an absolute belter.

There are a number of reasonably priced streamers, one from Marantz (theirs are called ‘Network Audio Players’) springs to mind (NA6006, £440ish). IMO if you can take the bluetooth part of the setup out of the […]

BT Sports are showing a whole bunch of classic football shows from the early 70s onwards at the moment; some lovely old kits on show, especially away versions e.g. Crystal Palace, Leeds, Everton etc.

I seem to recall when I was a kid we had 3D cardboard heads of kings of England on our wall that my dad had cut out from a cereal packet.

Mine are all Manchester City:
1956 FA Cup Final – maroon with white pin stripes
1969 FA Cup Final – red & black stripes as per Milan
1972 home – sky blue, round neck, badge central
1988 or so away – maroon & […]

but he uses all those big words!

Likewise. I would’ve been 13-14 during their heyday, but was a budding rock snob so they were rubbish, and embarrassing.

He is, as has been said of Boris Johnson among others, the stupid person’s idea of what an intelligent person sounds like.

I really enjoyed the Jack Irish films, and your man was excellent as you say.
For a long time I would answer similar questions with two names – Jack Thompson & Brian Dennehy. The films they were in may not have […]